To adhere closely; be attached; stick: as, a wet garment clings to the limbs.To hold fast, especially by the hands or by coiling round or embracing, or, figuratively, by refusing to abandon or give up.To rush with violence.To wither; shrivel.To cause to adhere closely; apply firmly and closely.To consume; waste to leanness; shrivel.n. Adherence; attachment; the act of holding fast; embrace.n. A bunch; a cluster; an aggregation of several things that cling together.n. A dysentery or bloody flux of sheep: a frequently fatal inflammation of the large intestine of sheep, accompanied with fever and fluid discharges from the bowels.n. In horticulture, a peach, nectarine, or apricot in which the flesh adheres strongly to the stone; a clingstone.